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ISSUE SUMMARY

Publisher: EC
Title: MAD
Page Count: 52
Genre: Humor, Satire-parody
Era: Silver
Cover Price: 0.35 USD
Cover Date: September 1968
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Country: United States
Parody of celebrity magazines aimed at teenage girls.; Parody of the film "Valley Of The Dolls"; three young women try to make it in Hollywood in the face of drugs, sexual harassment, failed relationships and the fact that none of them can act.; Parody of the TV series "The Flying Nun": a staid Puerto Rican convent resists the radical changes attempted by a hip young nun.; Satire of life and behavior around swimming pools.; A look back at how boys played baseball before organized Little League baseball.; The tunes of sixties war protest songs are given new lyrics for new problems.; Satire of the conventions of wedding ceremonies.; Puncturing cliche conversation starters in various social gatherings.; Different things in life that can affect the mind in similar fashion to LSD.; Self-defense books targeted toward specific demographic groups.; An ingenious boy gets more fireworks "bang" for his penny.; An armed robber finds slim pickings in the way of potential victims.; The Black Spy tries to bully his way through the White Spy's water lock.